

MARY MAGDALENE: I was an unmarried woman in a town of ill repute. MARY MAGDALENE: Other people think Jesus was my husband.

MARY MAGDALENE: Some people think I was a whore. MARY MAGDALENE: I was one of the founders of the Christian faith, and I was known for my ability, in times of difficulty, to be able to turn the hearts of the Apostles towards the Good. I was a disciple of Jesus, I was present at the crucifixion, and I was the first person He appeared to after the resurrection. “MARY MAGDALENE: My name is Mary of Magdala.

I tell the world the one true thing I know: If my son is in Hell, then there is no Heaven-because if my son sits in Hell, there is no God.” The world tells me that God is in Heaven and that my son is in Hell. On the day of my son's birth I was infused with a love beyond all measure and understanding. I loved my son every day of his life, and I will love him ferociously long after I've stopped breathing. I remember holding my son, and looking over at my own mother and saying, "Now I understand why the sun comes up at day and the stars come out at night. The moment the midwife placed him in my arms, I was infused with a love beyond all measure and understanding. I remember the morning my son was born as if it was yesterday. And though my heart keeps beating only to keep breaking-I do not question why. I was not able to finish burying him before sundown, and I'm not sure if that affected his fate. I discovered his body alone, I dug his grave alone, I placed him in a hole, and covered him with dirt and rock alone. It is not in the natural order of things.
